Positioning Your PCORI Proposal for Success: Practical Tools for Pain Researchers
Registration for workshops is part of the 2026 Annual Meeting registration form. Full meeting registration is not required for Pre-Conference Workshop attendance or the PURPOSE Meeting, but it is required for the Early Career Forum.
Date: March 23, 2026
Registration fee: $25
Location: Loews Hotel Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Time: 1:00pm-5:00 pm
Organizers: Mark Bicket, MD, PhD, FASA & Erin Krebs, MD, MPH
This second annual, highly rated workshop returns with a proposal-readiness focus, designed for both PCORI-curious investigators and those refining or resubmitting applications. The afternoon will begin with a live demonstration of a patient engagement panel, providing a practical look at how to meaningfully involve stakeholders in the initial stages as your study is designed, clarifying a step that is often expected yet difficult to operationalize. From there, faculty and patient partners will walk through real examples, frameworks, and mini-rubrics used to justify comparator choices, design engagement plans, and address reviewer expectations around patient-centeredness. Attendees will choose between two hands-on breakout paths, clinical trial design or patient engagement planning, with each aimed at producing concrete, fundable components, including sample structures and compelling justifications. Whether you are planning a submission in the next 12-24 months or seeking to strengthen a future concept, this workshop offers insight shaped by funded investigators, patient partners, and review-process insiders. Networking included. Reserve your spot and leave better prepared to draft, refine, and position your PCORI proposal for success.
